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File manager detects Android device but gvfs folder is empty. How can I access the MTP device from terminal?

Directories /run/user/1000/gvfs and ~/.gvfs are emtpy and non-existing, respectively. My graphical file manager (Thunar) is able to detect and access the internal and external memory of the device.

Command gvfs-mount -l yields:

Volume(0): SAMSUNG Android
 Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorMTP)
 Mount(0): SAMSUNG Android -> mtp://[usb:002,003]/
   Type: GProxyShadowMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorMTP)

Where can I find the mount point of the device to access it from the command line? I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution

  • You also need to install gvfs-fuse:

    gvfsd-fuse maintains a fuse mount to make gvfs backends available to POSIX applications. The mount point for the fuse filesystem is provided by the [PATH] argument.

    gvfsd-fuse is normally started by gvfsd(1). In this case, the mount point is $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs or $HOME/.gvfs.

    Here is a great explanation:

    /run/user/$uid/gvfs or ~$user/.gvfs is the mount point for the FUSE interface to GVFS.

    ...

    The GVFS-FUSE gateway makes GVFS filesystem drivers accessible to all applications, not just the ones using Gnome libraries.

    Execute following commands

    sudo apt install gvfs-fuse
pkill thunar
pkill gvfs

    and run Thunar again.